Sentence examples for faction of them from inspiring English sources

A large majority of House Republicans opposed it, but a faction of them did not.

The Puritans of the early 17th century saw themselves as a persecuted minority, so much so that a faction of them separated from the Anglican church, left for Holland and in 1620 sailed on the Mayflower looking for a new continent where they could practice a version of Christianity completely purged of what they considered idolatry and superstition.

His main aim is to line up enough other parties, or factions of them, to run a Welfare-free government.

It would play out just as the American-led combat mission was coming to an end, raising the specter of a charged political showdown among pro-government factions — many of them drawn along ethnic lines and some well-armed — at the precise moment the Afghan state needed to present a united front against the Taliban.

Its leadership also split into factions, some of them renouncing militancy.

Rebel factions — many of them Islamist —marched on sprawling industrial complexes outside the city, and finally entered it in July 2012.

He called on the various political factions -- some of them natural allies, some of them bitter foes -- to start aligning themselves without delay.

But he just couldn't muster a majority of votes in the Illinois House and Senate, where the Republican and Democratic parties were each splintered into warring factions, all of them jockeying for position.

Add to them a faction of homegrown arms — most of them trying to make first impressions or build on brief ones from last year — and the competition to make the bullpen can start to feel crowded.

On the other hand, the sizable pro-communist wing of the PAP were strongly opposed to the merger, fearing a loss of influence as the ruling party of Malaya, United Malays National Organisation, was staunchly anti-communist and would support the non-communist faction of PAP against them.

Separate talks are scheduled in the coming weeks with one of them, a faction of the Forces for the Defense of Democracy led by Jean Bosco Ndayikengurukiye.